Makaan.com explained

Makaan.com is an online real estate portal in India, launched in 2007. It has a rating system for brokers.^[1]

History

Makaan.com was a part of the Anupam Mittal-promoted People Group. The group owned Shaadi.com and Mauj.^[2]

Promoters

In April 2015, PropTiger.com, an independent online real estate advisor, took over Makaan.com.^[3] Makaan.com is now a part of Elara Technologies Private Ltd., Singapore, which is also the company that owns PropTiger.com. Elara Technologies PVT Limited is a digital real estate marketing and transaction service provider. SAIF Partners, Accel Partners, and Horizons Ventures are some of the major investors in Elara. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., a global media, book publishing, and digital real estate services company, took a 25% stake in Elara in November 2014.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://www.livemint.com/Companies/81o4NkYQxgotVQedx4NDjJ/Real-estate-portals-looking-at-ratings-brokers-for-more-cust.html Real estate portals looking at rating brokers for more customer satisfaction
2. Book: Charsley . Katharine . Transnational Pakistani Connections: Marrying 'Back Home' . 2013 . Routledge.
3. https://www.livemint.com/Companies/no3KzkqvhHMZOdUvoziaAM/PropTigercom-in-deal-with-Makaancom-to-create-common-platf.html Proptiger.com acquires makaan.com to create common platform.
4. News: 2014-11-25. News Corp acquires 25% stake in PropTiger.com for $30 million. The Economic Times. 2020-05-24.